‘We will put emergency on corruption, Tinubu must be held to account’ – Peter Obi

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, has vowed that no person will steal public funds underneath his watch.

Obi spoke in Enugu on Thursday whereas interfacing with the individuals of the state forward of his presidential marketing campaign.

He blamed Nigeria’s situation on corruption, stressing that almost all of the individuals have been struggling whereas public funds have been being pilfered.

“Today, our country is suffering. Today, people are hungry. Today, our children do not have employment. Today, Nigeria is not secure,” he lamented.

Obi additionally bemoaned the disunity in Nigeria, promising to unite the nation as president, simply as he mentioned he could be on the forefront of efforts to revive safety.

“As president of Nigeria, we will declare an emergency on corruption. People must stop stealing public money. Public money must be used for the public good.

“That is why I’m making my dedication. We can be accountable; we can be open. If we borrow cash, you’ll know what the cash is being borrowed for.

“As president of Nigeria, I will unite Nigeria. As president of Nigeria, I will secure Nigeria. We will deal with insecurity. If they go to the bush, I will be in the bush with them.”

The former Anambra governor additionally downplayed the difficulty of ethnicity within the election, stressing that he needs to be voted for based mostly on competence.

“Please, I am asking for your vote because I am the most qualified to be president of Nigeria.

“Let the opposite ones—all the opposite candidates—go round Nigeria and inform Nigerians what they’ll do. I’m with you immediately. Let the opposite candidates go and do the identical factor.

“We want every candidate to go around,” he declared.

Obi additionally disagreed with President Bola Tinubu for saying he wouldn’t marketing campaign throughout the 36 states of the nation.

He informed the gathering: “Your president said he will not be able to campaign all over Nigeria. Please, do not listen to him. He must come and campaign all over Nigeria. We must know our president.

“Our president has travelled out of this nation over 350 occasions. And now we’re asking him: ‘Please spend a minimum of 36 days—36 days—and go round Nigeria and inform them what you could have been doing for the previous three years.’

“He must go around Nigeria and tell them what he used the nearly $100 billion he borrowed for.

“He should come and inform us the place our cash is. All the cash he earned, we need to know what it was used for.

“Our president must come and account for the three years he has been in office.

“We need him to go round. If he does not need to go round, he ought to go.”